as in gravity
the condition of being very important and needing immediate attention
The urgency of the situation meant that we needed to start right away.
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Recent Examples of urgency
In light of the Antoni nomination, the urgency of these protections has only increased.
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Brent Dykes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Final action dates for the DV program continue to progress, but the approaching deadline emphasizes the urgency for eligible participants to complete their submissions before the September 30 deadline.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Corporate partnerships, such as Meta inviting university instructors to train engineers, reflect industry urgency, while new initiatives at schools like Ohio State aim to make AI literacy universal by 2029.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
More central-defensive cover looks like a matter of urgency.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
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Brent Dykes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Final action dates for the DV program continue to progress, but the approaching deadline emphasizes the urgency for eligible participants to complete their submissions before the September 30 deadline.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Corporate partnerships, such as Meta inviting university instructors to train engineers, reflect industry urgency, while new initiatives at schools like Ohio State aim to make AI literacy universal by 2029.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
More central-defensive cover looks like a matter of urgency.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urgency
Noun
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Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Open star clusters typically reside in the dense spiral arms of the Milky Way, where the gravity of passing stars can tug at their outermost members, pulling them apart over the course of millions of years.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The magnitude was originally reported as 2.7 but later downgraded to 2.6.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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But failure rarely belongs solely to one person — especially failure of this magnitude.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Upon accepting that award, Dobson stressed the importance of voters passing conservative ideology to the next generation, according to the Christian Post.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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Frazier, who was a key part of the 2024 club, knows the importance of playing winning baseball.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Loosely based on a true story, this novel explores the meaning of family, morality, resilience and honor amid wartime exigencies.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
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During that meeting, McNally pressed Tucker to explore financial exigency for TSU, an extensive and extreme measure that would allow the university to cut programs and fire tenured faculty, if needed.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Still, the significance of overcoming Senegal cannot be overstated.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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That’s pretty much what breaking is, in terms of the dance and the historical significance of this dance.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Whether this is an insistence to avoid the potential legal and regulatory consequences or a plea for humanity to be more distant from their AI companions, the real-world warnings are just as pressing.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes an insistence on accuracy turned these shows into political statements, whether they were originally designed that way or not.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Urgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urgency. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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